human power rocks. enjoy the ride.
Man, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged… I’ve been busy and I guess there just hasn’t been much news of interest to report. Until just now.
It seems that the 24 hour human powered vehicle record from 2006 in Eureka, CA was picked up by the editors of the 2009 edition of the Guinness Book [...]
I received two certificates in the mail today from Guinness World Records. One for my HPV 24 hour distance record and the other for the pedal boat 24 hour distance record.
I used to read the Guinness book of world records when I was a kid and I always fantasized about making into the record books. [...]
Hello everyone – I have some really great news:
1. Guinness World Records recognizes my HPB and HPV records!
2. Brand new Adventures of Greg web site
3. Pedal the Ice Cap – a new adventure!
4. “Human Power Rocks” weekly video web cast
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1. Guinness World Records recognizes my HPB and HPV records!
I have been working through the Guinness [...]
Ben has been making great progress on the new SolidWorks CriticalPower simulator for Wired Magazines NEXTfest show and also for our new season of KidPower presentations. Critical Power will be on display in the “future of transportation” pavilion at Nextfest from Sept 13 to 16.
We purchased a cheap recumbent exercise bike to use as a [...]
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Popular Science Magazine called me shortly after the record and expressed interest in featuring a photo of Critical Power in the October, 2006 issue. They needed a higher resolution version of the side-view image of me in the Critical Power frame by the end of the day. I got my sister in-law Jennifer [...]
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Sept 5
September 5, 2006
Human Powered Vehicle 24 hour distance record
I’m sorry this has taken so long – we’ve had such a busy summer. Before I get into the HPV record report with new photos and videos, here is a quick recap on the summer of 06:
Looking backWhat a summer it has been! Wow. Definitely one for [...]
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July 19
July 19, 2006
“No human has travelled further under their own power in one day than Greg Kolodziejzyk.”
It’s a bold statement, but that’s basically what it comes down to. We started the clock at about 9:15 am on Wednesday, July 19th and finished at the exact same time on Thursday, July 20th travelling 1046.94 km [...]
Read More...July 11
July 11, 2006
24 hour attempt in the news, wind worries, and some last minute details.
Ben Eadie designed the Critical Power fairing body using a computational flow dynamics components of a CAD application called SolidWorks. Somehow Solidworks corporation found out about Critical Power and the record attempt and they issued a press release that got [...]
Read More...July 9
July 9, 2006
STREETliner practice, and the record attempt in less than 10 days!
I’ve been riding Critical Power Streetliner quite a bit – especially when it’s windy and it’s ALWAYS windy in Calgary. Except recently, of course. It’s been very calm, so I haven’t had any really great chances to practice handling the streamliner while getting [...]
Read More...July 4
June 4, 2006
A speed and watts test with the Critical Power Streetliner, my 400 km training ride, and a new HPV hour record!
I got a chance to get out to my standard highway 22 out and back run for a speed and watts test with the Critical Power Streetliner. It is a steady [...]
Read More...Solar & wind power, training, sea trials and general progress
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